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Social Security Disability
Social Security Disability
Social Security Adds Five Impairments to its Compassionate Allowances Program
October 9, 2018
The Deputy Commissioner of Operations for Social Security (SSA), Nancy Berryhill, recently announced that the agency is adding five conditions to its Compassionate Allowances (CAL) program. The Compassionate Allowances program provides for fast-track disability consideration for people with certain serious and/or life-threatening medical conditions. The objective under CAL is that Americans with certain severe medical
Can Creditors Take Your Social Security Disability Benefits?
September 14, 2018
If you are like millions of Americans who rely on Social Security retirement or disability benefits as your primary source of income, a reduction of even a small portion of your benefits could have a devastating impact on your family. If you have fallen behind in paying your bills, you may worry that your benefits
Congress Wants to Improve Service at Social Security
August 16, 2018
The wait for a Social Security disability decision has been excessively long for some time, but recently it has hit an all-time high. Data for the current fiscal year shows that applicants with cases at the Chicago hearing office wait, on average, 573 days from the time they request a hearing until a decision is
Going Back to Work Does Not Always Mean The End Of Your Disability Case
July 19, 2018
This is a situation that occurs from time to time at our office: a client leaves us an overnight voicemail message telling us that they are going back to work and they are dropping their claim for Social Security disability benefits. “This is a mistake for several reasons,” Nash Attorney Dan Rosen says. “It is
